If you're into steampunk and cosplay, this event could be your cup of tea.
Historic Bethlehem Museum & Sites is hosting a Steampunk Cosplay Tea Party 6-8 p.m. Saturday, May 23, at the Kemerer Museum of Decorative Arts.
The event is in conjunction...

Enjoy free admission to the Allentown Art Museum, noon to 4 p.m. Sunday, May 24.
Free programs include hands-on artmaking activities for children, 12:30 to 3:30 p.m. in the Arts Ways Family Interactive Gallery on the museum's second floor; and docent-led...

Here's a cool cultural thing to do this weekend.
Drive about 20 minutes south of Allentown and Bethlehem on Route 309 toward Quakertown. Just northeast of the borough on a semi-rural stretch called California Road, you will find a nondescript...

Allentown Arts Commission's 27th annual Arts Ovation Awards ceremony on Thursday was as much a celebration of the downtown's revitalization and the arts' role in it as it was a tribute to the recipients.
That seemed fine with the honorees, nearly all...

When I wrote one year ago about the horrible 1942 explosion at the Lehigh Portland Cement plant in Sandts Eddy, it sparked an effort to make sure the 31 dead in the blast won't be forgotten.
Ed Pany, creator and curator of the

NEW MUSIKFEST VIDEO CAMPPenn State-Lehigh Valley and ArtsQuest are offering students entering grades 9-12 hands-on video production experience in the first Musikfest summer video camp Aug. 3-14. The two-week day camp, which costs $500, is limited...

Commemorate the victory of U.S and Allied troops in Europe in World War II with some veterans who made it possible at a V-E Day program, 10 a.m. Saturday at Lehigh Valley Heritage Museum in Allentown.
The event, co-organized by the Lehigh Valley...

The Downtown Bethlehem Fine Art and Craft Show Saturday and Sunday is one great way to hang with mom this weekend. There are a lot more special events around the Lehigh Valley celebrating moms. Here's a sampling:
FRIDAY AND SATURDAY
"Motherhood Out...

Enjoy a free guided tour of the photography exhibit "Weston's Women: Edward Weston and Cycles of Influence," 6 p.m. Thursday, May 7, at Allentown Art Museum.
One of the most celebrated photographers of the 20th century, Edward Weston...

There are stories within stories.
For the past several years, Hellertown photographer Ed Vatza has been capturing a story of humanity by taking the bus to Manhattan, getting off midtown at the Port Authority and heading downtown toward either Bryant Park...

Donald Ross designed more than 400 golf courses in the United States, including 27 in Pennsylvania. Among his last was Silver Creek Country Club, where a tournament named in his honor seeks to become a popular Lehigh Valley event.
Silver Creek will...

The America On Wheels Museum in Allentown will present "The Cars of James Bond", a display of local collector Joseph Keppel's James Bond memorabilia, May 2 through August.
The display will include Bond books, record albums, movie posters,...

Enjoy a free guided tour of the photography exhibit "Weston's Women: Edward Weston and Cycles of Influence," 6 p.m. Thursday, April 30, at Allentown Art Museum.
One of the most celebrated photographers of the 20th century, Edward Weston...

In fact, when president and CEO David Mickenberg initially toured the Allentown Art museum, one of the first things he mentioned was that Trexler Hall — the first gallery visitors see — had a very traditional look, says marketing and public relations...